Hong'an embroidery is a folk embroidery art popular in Hong'an, Hubei, with embroidered socks as its most prominent representative. There has always been a saying in the local area that "there is no woman in Huang'an (now Hong'an) who does not embroider." During its heyday (after liberation and before the Cultural Revolution), embroidered socks had become the most popular fashion. It is said that Hong'an embroidery began in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In Hong'an, embroidered socks are not only an ordinary daily necessities but also a folk art with special significance. Women use it as a platform to display their talents, as well as as gifts for social exchanges and tokens of love. Hong'an embroidery has the typical craftsmanship and artistic characteristics of embroidered insoles in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in terms of craftsmanship, composition style and artistic style of pattern meaning. Hong'an embroidered insoles are vivid in shape and highly decorative, showing fresh and eye-catching simplicity, romance and brightness. They are not only of artistic value but also of practical value. In 1987, 100 pieces of Hong'an embroidered insoles were exhibited at the first Chinese Art Festival; in 1989, they were exhibited in 13 countries and regions including Hong Kong, Macao and Czechoslovakia. Hong'an embroidery involves a series of activities such as embroidery, communication, display and gifting, which form a rural folk atmosphere and greatly stimulate the enthusiasm of the people to participate in the production. In 2008, Hong'an embroidery was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection projects in my country.